The Mellotron Group

On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 lsf5275@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 2/18/2008 1:03:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> jeffc@netaxs.com writes:
>
> [no  actual mellotron - i won't drag it 50 miles for a 1 hour  show,
>
>
>
> Well I would.  Any time I can have one played live, I'm going to do  it.
>
> Frank


your choice.
i won't put the wear and tear of humping it down 2 flights
of stairs, loading it into... oh wait - i need to rent a van,
then humping it down 4 flights of stairs at the station,
playing for an  hour [and not using the mellotron for every
moment of that], then doing that all in reverse at 4:00 am.
my serial is 364 - one of the older ones still around, and
i feel every ding, every nick, every scratch VERY deeply.
it's in amazingly good shape - better than any other i have
seen in person for an m400. i guess is could bring the other
that's here, but it's not mine and who is going to do all
the carrying at that hour?

i'll drag it downtown for the RMI guys to use when they
are in town - happy to do it, but for me to go through
all that for a performance it takes me longer to get to
than i'll actually be playing for? nope. it's for a radio
show at 2:00 am that probably 20 people will hear.

...jeff